Commemoration held at trade center site for 1993 bombing
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}People place flowers over the names of the victims of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing during a ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A crowd has marked the anniversary of the 1993 bombing at the old World Trade Center that foreshadowed 9/11.
A bell tolled at the Sept. 11 memorial plaza on Tuesday to mark the midday moment when a truck bomb exploded in an underground garage 26 years ago.
Six people died, one of them pregnant. Relatives read their names.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}More than 1,000 people were injured.
Authorities say the bomb was set by Muslim extremists angry about U.S. policies in the Mideast.
Six suspects were convicted and imprisoned. A seventh remains at large.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Former trade center director Charles Maikish (MAY'-kihsh) told Tuesday's crowd the 1993 bombing was "a lesson, hard-learned, and a wake-up call."
He credited subsequent safety upgrades with speeding the twin towers' evacuation on Sept. 11, 2001.